This week I'm featuring When Sorrows Come (October Daye #15) by Seanan McGuire. The actual first line of this book is a BIGTIME spoiler for the previous one, so I didn't feel right sharing that. So, since every book in this series starts out with a quote from a Shakespeare work that has the title of the book, that's what I chose to use for my Beginning this week.
It's hard to be a hero. There's always something needing October "Toby" Daye's attention, and her own desires tend to fall by the wayside in favor of solving the Kingdom's problems. That includes the desire to marry her long-time suitor and current fiancé, Tybalt, San Francisco's King of Cats. She doesn't mean to keep delaying the wedding, it just sort of...happens. And that's why her closest friends have taken the choice out of her hands, ambushing her with a court wedding at the High Court in Toronto. Once the High King gets involved, there's not much even Toby can do to delay things...
...except for getting involved in stopping a plot to overthrow the High Throne itself, destabilizing the Westlands entirely, and keeping her from getting married through nothing more than the sheer volume of chaos it would cause. Can Toby save the Westlands and make it to her own wedding on time? Or is she going to have to choose one over the other?
Book Beginning
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.
-William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Friday 56
"We need to interview your entire staff," I said. "And by 'we' I mean 'you', and by 'you' I mean 'someone you trust implicitly, probably with Fiac present to verify people's responses, because if you were to find another Doppelganger, you'd probably get stabbed, too, and that's not a fun family activity.'"
What have you been reading lately?
I absolutely love the sound of the F56 quote, that's the kind of snappy sass that I adore in a character. And if this is the fifteenth installment I guess I have plenty to catch up on xD Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a lovely weekend :)
ReplyDeleteJuli @ A Universe in Words
Toby has sass to spare, lol! She's a fun character to read about. Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend! :)
DeleteI've only read the 1st couple of books so far and I need to get caught up.
ReplyDeleteThe series just keeps getting better! Thanks for coming by! Happy reading! :)
DeleteI like the fall cover, makes me wish I lived somewhere that fall came early to LOL
ReplyDeleteHave a great Friday
Here is my link:
https://twogirlsandtheirbookishlife.blogspot.com/2021/09/book-beginnings-seven-visitations-of.html
LOL! I'm so ready for Fall weather. Thanks for visiting! Happy weekend! :)
DeleteGreat excerpts, especially the 56! Here's mine: “APPLES NEVER FALL”
ReplyDeleteI had a good laugh when I first read the 56. Thanks for coming by! Have a great weekend! :)
DeleteThat Shakespeare quote is so very true!!! When it rains, it pours! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteIt sure does! It never fails. Thanks for stopping by! Happy weekend to you too! :)
DeleteI like the Shakespeare quote at the beginning. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI do too. It's nice to know where the title for this book comes from. Thanks for visiting! Happy reading! :)
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